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R. FLOGKE.

SATGHEL LOCK.

(No Model.)

tented June 19,1883.

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* v UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

ROBERT FLOOKE, OF NEWARK, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO R. NEUMANN & 00., OFNEW YORK, N. Y. 7

QSATCHEL-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 279,733, dated June 19,1883.

Application filed April 25, 1863. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ROBERT FLooKn, of Newark, in the county of Essex andState of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Satchel-Lock, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to that class of satchellocks that hold thehandle-rings, and it consists, principally, of the employment ofsuitable clips for holding the rings upon the up per side of the lockcase or plate, at or near its ends.

The invention also consists inattaching the clips to the lock box orcase by means of proper joints and rivets, which latter, by preference,at the same time serve to attach the lock box or case upon thesatchel-frame. In most cases the lock or lock-plate will be pro videdwith points adapted to be passed through 7 suitable orifices made in theframe, and to be headed upon the under side of the frame for holding thelock box or case, and this, in

combination with the clips, also constitutes a feature of my invention.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure '1 is a perspective view of my inven tion. Fig. 2 is a sectionalside elevation of the same, showing one of the clips ready forattachment, the lock box or case being shown attached to the frame bythe headed points; and Fig. 3 is a detailed view, showing amodification. y

' The satchel-frames A A may be of the ordinary or of any approved form.

The lock box or case B is slotted near its ends at Z) I), as shownclearly in Figs. 2 and 3, each slot to receive one end of the clips (Id, that hold the rings f f of the handle 0, and

the lock is by preference also formed or provided with the points orrivets c e, that form independent attachments for the lock to the frameby being headed in suitable orifices, e e, in the frame A, as will beunderstood from Fig. 2. 4

The clips d (1 might be attached to the lock box or case in variousways, as by rivets at both ends, or by points formed on them, to beclinched to or within the lock box or case, or by small openings in thelock to act in conjunction with heads or claws formed on the clips; butI prefer to attach them by means of the said slots 1) I) and the rivetsc c,that pass down through the lock box or case, and through the frameA, so that only the two rivets are required for attaching the handle 0and the lock B to the satchel.

For making the lock box or case symmetrical at its ends, I prefer todepress the lock or plate from its extremities to the slots?) b, to formthe seats h h, on which the clips (I (I rest when in place, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2 5 but instead of this the ends of the lock box or casemight be made in a continuous slope and slot ted, as shown in Fig. 3,the entering ends of the clips being somewhat lengthened to properlypass through the slots 1) I), and the other ends thereof shaped toproperly fit upon the lock box or case, as will be understood from saidfigure.

In attaching the lock B upon the frame A the points 6 6 will be passedthrough the openings 6 e in the frame and headed upon the under side ofthe frame, as shown in' Fig. 2, which holds the lock box or case inproper adjustment while the bag-maker attaches the bag to the frames.The bag having been attached to the frame, the bag-maker attaches thehandle 0 by means of the clips d d and rivets c c, which he can easilydo, and without disturbing the position of the lock box or case upon theframe A.

By using the clips d d a practical and neat attachment of the handle iseffected, and the necessity of making recesses upon the under side ofthe lock box or case for holding the rings between it and the frame, asis now the practice, is avoided by their use 5 and, further more, themethod of securing the handle and lock box or case to the satchel bymeans of the clips (I and rivets c e is cheap and very simple, andenables the bag-maker to easily attach his own handles to the satchelwithout returning the bag to the frame and lock maker, as is now usuallythe practice.

It will be understood that the points 6 e might be omitted, if desired,since the rivets 0 0 alone effect a secure attachment of the lock box orcase upon the frame, and that the clips (Z (I might be applied to anyform of lock ease or plate and not depart from the principle of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

d 1. The lock box or case B, having openings b, in combination with theclips for holding the rings f, substantially as described.

2. The lock box or case B, having slots Z), in combination with theclips (I, that enter said slots at one end, and are held at the other bythe rivets c, that hold the lock in place upon the satchel,substantially as described.

ROBERT FLOOKE.

\Vitn esses:

PHILIP SOMMER, RICHARD SATTLER.

